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[8] Working drawing for alterations and additions to the offices, 1791
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Reference number
SM 30/1A/5
Purpose
[8] Working drawing for alterations and additions to the offices, 1791
Aspect
Copy of Plan of the Ground floor of Offices at Skelton Castle with the proposed additions & alterations
Scale
bar scale of 1/9 inch to one foot
Inscribed
as above, A / Servants Hall, B Butlers / Pantry, A lower than B 21 Inches, Butlers / Working / Room, Plate Closet, John Wharton Esqr , John Wharton Esqr and running dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, light red and Indian red washes, [rocked for transfer on wove paper] with one fold mark (556 x 674)
Hand
Frederick Meyer (pupil April 1791-1796) and William Blogg (improver March-June 1791)
Literature
N. Pevsner, Yorkshire: the North Riding, 1966, p.343-4; P.Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.177
Level
Drawing
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